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Real-Life Griswolds Drive Family Truckster to Disney World

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 07:53 PM PDT


In the summer of 1983, the cinematic world welcomed Clark Griswold, played by Chevy Chase, who took his family on an adventurous cross-country trip from Chicago to the fictional LA amusement park "Walley World", billed as "America's Favorite Family Fun Park", in their notorious Wagon Queen Family Truckster. That was the classic comedy film and box office hit, "National Lampoon's Vacation".

In the summer of 2013, on the 30th anniversary of the motion picture, the real-life Griswold family packed their belongings in a Wagon Queen Family Truckster replica and headed for an amusement park – not Walley World, but Disney World in Florida.

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McLaren and Honda’s F1 Engine Partnership May Extend to Road Cars

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 02:57 PM PDT


Following their Formula 1 engine supply deal, McLaren and Honda may collaborate on road cars as well, McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh revealed. Autocar quoted him as saying that the agreement may extend to McLaren's automotive division too. Read more »

Consumer Reports Finds Three-Row Hyundai Santa Fe an "Impressively Fuel-Efficient Bargain"

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 02:39 PM PDT


Consumer Reports is keen to point out the differences between the Hyundai Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Sport, in their latest review, a quick take on the former. They explain to prospective buyers that while they look about the same, the Sport only comes as a five-seater with four-cylinder power only, whereas the larger non-Sport model gets a usable third row and only comes with a V6. Read more »

New Audi RS7 Roars to the States Priced from $104,900* [New Video]

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 02:02 PM PDT


The exclusively German high-performance sports sedan category in the USA will soon gain a new member as Audi has released pricing information for the RS7 Sportback that arrives this fall starting from $104,900, excluding a destination and delivery fee of $895. Read more »

Ford Enters 2014 Dakar with Two V8-Powered Ranger Pickups that Return...2.6 to 8.4 MPG!

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 01:37 PM PDT


Team Ford Racing has announced it will enter two Ford Ranger pickups in the 2014 Dakar rally-raid that will take place January 5-18 in South America. Built in South Africa by Neil Woolridge Motorsport, the two Ranger racing pickups will be driven by Argentine Lucio Alvarez and South African Chris Visser.

Based on the 4x4 Double Cab version of the Ford Ranger, the Dakar-prepped pickups have full composite bodies and are powered by a 5.0-liter V8 engine developing 349 hp at 4,500 rpm and 560 Nm (413 lb-ft) of torque at 4,100 rpm.

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Unhappy with First 2015 Acura NSX Video? Here's a Longer Version

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 01:17 PM PDT


As it turns out, Acura has been spreading out its NSX videos on the internet. After sharing with you a 7-second long clip of the Japanese sports car revving its hybrid powertrain on Monday, Jalopnik told us about a second and most importantly, longer version of the promo on Instagram.

You can see it for yourself below, but we will mention that it shows a 2015 NSX prototype sprinkled in water going sideways on the track.

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What's Coming from Toyota in the Next Three Years; Report Says FR-S Turbo and Cabrio Axed

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 12:42 PM PDT


The numbers are showing that the automotive sector has emerged from the grip of the recession and reaching pre-2007 levels once again. Automakers reported sales of about 14.5 million vehicles in the States last year, a 13 percent increase from 2011 and the highest annual total since 2007. If the trend continues, we'll be seeing more and newer models entering the market, especially from top brands like Toyota.

This week, Automotive News came out with a report on the Japanese firm's upcoming product line for the North American market, which includes several redesigns over the course of the next two to three years.

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Alfa Romeo May First Launch SUV in the Next 18 Months

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:56 AM PDT


Here's another familiar report on Alfa Romeo's product plans, this time from Autocar magazine, which states that an SUV will be released soon, basing their information on insiders and their own unique sources. Still, since it's Alfa Romeo (again) that they're talking about now, and we, like most other petrolheads, have a soft-spot for the red cars with the shield-shaped grille, we'll give it a shot…with a grain of salt. Read more »

Sounds Like He Was Telling Her to Brake, She Didn't Listen…

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:47 AM PDT


It's always good to have the story behind an incident, but sometimes, you can figure things out just by paying attention to the facts and the outcome.

While we don't speak the language heard in this video (it does sound a bit like Russian, but all these dash-cam clips may have affected us...so feel free to correct us if we're mistaken), we're pretty sure that the man in the passenger seat was yelling to the woman behind the wheel to hit the brakes.

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Cadillac ATS Four-Door Convertible Proposal by NCE

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 10:54 AM PDT


With Cadillac poised to create a coupe variant out of the new ATS to go after BMW's newly launched 4-Series within the next couple of years, a convertible edition of the same car is surely in the back of the minds of GM's people - to be clear, when we say open top, we mean with two doors. Read more »

Chrysler Postpones Press Launch of 2014 Jeep Cherokee as Well

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 10:08 AM PDT


Back in May, Chrysler told reporters that the all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee's production launch has been delayed about one month over a number of issues. To be precise, Mark Chernoby, Chrysler's senior vice president of engineering, told the Free Press at the time that, "Right now, we are at a point where we have dozens of open issues. It is less than 100. But this is kind of the normal nose cone of the launch process."

Two months later, the Cherokee's problems are far from over and in fact, they were forced to postpone the press launch of the compact SUV scheduled for this Sunday in Seattle where more than 200 journalists and analysts had been invited to drive the car.

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Jenson Button Gives the McLaren P1 "Some Beans" Up the Goodwood Hill

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 09:44 AM PDT


Giving a car "the beans" or "some beans" is definitely something all those who are interested in automobiles like to do when confronted with a new car (or that may just be me). Read more »

New Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Toyota Crown to go Wald

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 08:53 AM PDT


It's been a busy time for the makeover specialists at Wald International who have embarked on plenty of new projects this year, and now we learn that they are preparing goods for two more models, the facelifted Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan and the fourteenth generation of the Toyota Crown, both of which happened to be presented within weeks of each other in December of 2012. Read more »

Large-Scale Merger of Ad Agencies May Lead to Conflicts Between Competing Automakers

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 08:30 AM PDT


We've said time and again that we don't take kindly to boring car ads, which follow the same predictable model and rarely offer up anything new and genuinely praise-worthy. Well, things are certainly not looking up, because according to a report published by Autonews, two global ad agencies, Publicis Groupe SA and Omnicom Group Inc. have just merged with one another, thus creating the world's largest advertising holding company, which will work with a very wide array of competing automakers. Read more »

She's No Tiger Woods but She Sure Knows How to Use a Golf Club on a Car…

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 08:09 AM PDT


We've said it once, we'll say it again; if you're going to hurt a woman's feelings, you better prepare yourself for the worse. Our latest episode from the "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" series brings us to the Bronx in New York where a young female with a golf club in her hand unleashed her wrath on a Nissan xTerra. Read more »

New Citroen C4 Picasso Minivan On Sale Now in the UK from £17,500 [28 Photos]

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 07:34 AM PDT


If you're looking for a five-seater minivan with unconventional looks, Citroën is proposing the all-new C4 Picasso that is on sale now in the UK with on-the-road (OTR) prices starting from £17,500 and rising to £24,455. Read more »

Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG, The…Los Angeles Lakers Edition

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:39 AM PDT


There's no way of knowing for sure whether the owner of this R230 (2008-2012) Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG was inspired by the Los Angeles Lakers team colors or if the choice of shades is a pure coincidence, but that was the first thing that came to mind upon seeing the photos of the car rolling down the streets of  Beverly Hills. Read more »

Another Video Review of the Renault Zoe Electric Supermini

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 06:41 AM PDT


Renault is among the few manufacturers who have the capability to put aside sufficient resources to create a ground-up EV (with the help of Nissan), and not merely converting an already existing model. Sure, they've done so with the Fluence and Kangoo, but their range of all-electrics does contain two models which were conceived that way from the onset – the Twizy quadricycle and the Clio-sized Zoe. Read more »

Ride Like a Queen with Her Majesty's Personal Daimler Limousine that's Up for Auction

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 06:23 AM PDT


One of the most important and often overlooked aspects of buying a used car is checking out its previous owner or owners, something that is not always easy. In this case, however, it is, as the specially built (Jaguar XJ-based) 2001 Daimler Super V8 LWB was owned by none other than Her Majesty The Queen of Britain. The car will go under the hammer at the Historics at Brooklands auction in Surrey, UK, on Saturday, August 31. Read more »

Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi Join Forces to Develop Japan's Charging Infrastructure

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 05:50 AM PDT


Japan's four major automakers – Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi – have reached an agreement to work together to promote the installation of chargers for electric-powered vehicles (PHVs, PHEVs, EVs) and build a charging network service in Japan. Read more »

New Suzuki iV-4 Concept will Preview a New Compact SUV

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 05:31 AM PDT


Suzuki will head to 65th IAA Frankfurt Motor Show held from September 10 to 22 with a brand new concept for a compact SUV named the iV-4, which it says, will hint at a future model to be added to its lineup.

"While inheriting certain design features of the Suzuki SUVs, such as the clam-shell shaped bonnet and the front grille divided into five, its overall styling conveys a sense of modernity and innovativeness," said the Japanese brand in a statement without releasing further details on the iV-4.

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